step

The step element represents an action that a user must follow to
accomplish a task. Each step in a task must contain a command cmd element
which describes the particular action the user must do to accomplish the overall task. Beginning
with DITA 1.2, it is possible to place a note element before the command in
order to notify the user of dangers or other important information about the step. The
step element can also contain additional optional information about the
step, such as sub-steps, a list of choices, or result information.

Content models

See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.

Inheritance

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topic/li task/step

Example

<task id="sqlj">
<title>Creating an SQLJ file</title>
<taskbody>
<context>Once you have set up SQLJ, you need to create a new SQLJ file.</context>
<steps>
<step>
<cmd>Select <menucascade><uicontrol>File</uicontrol><uicontrol>New</uicontrol></menucascade>.</cmd>
<info>New files are created with default values based on a standard template.</info>
</step>
</steps>
</taskbody>
</task>

Attributes

Describes whether the current
step or
substep is optional or
required. Output processors might highlight steps
that are optional or required. Allowed values are
"optional", "required", or -dita-use-conref-target.